Learning through practice versus learning by observation in infants

Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 8158 Centre Biomédical des Saints Pères, 45 rue des Sts Pères, 75006 Paris, France E-mail: jacqueline.fagard@parisdescartes.fr 2 Laboratoire Vulnérabilité, Adaptation et Psychopathologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie CNRS UMR 7593 Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Pavillon Clérambault, 75013 Paris, France * Corresponding author

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